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Soyez blanc, sympa, hétéro, sans vrai boulot ni caisse de retraite et vivez au Texas, royaume du port d’armes! Hap Collins attire les ennuis. Sa nonchalance agace. À peine remis d’une aventure et le voilà mordu en plein champ par un écureuil enragé. Une mort ignoble le guette. L’hôpital va le saigner à blanc et, pour ne rien arranger, Leonard a disparu. Impossible de rester sous perfusion avec son meilleur ami dans la mouise! Homosexuel black cognant comme un bûcheron, ce dernier est accusé de meurtre. La police adore. Hap non. Debout pour que justice se fasse, il ne se contentera pas de contourner la loi, il va la piétiner...

329 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1997

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Joe R. Lansdale

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Champion Mojo Storyteller Joe R. Lansdale is the author of over forty novels and numerous short stories. His work has appeared in national anthologies, magazines, and collections, as well as numerous foreign publications. He has written for comics, television, film, newspapers, and Internet sites. His work has been collected in more than two dozen short-story collections, and he has edited or co-edited over a dozen anthologies. He has received the Edgar Award, eight Bram Stoker Awards, the Horror Writers Association Lifetime Achievement Award, the British Fantasy Award, the Grinzani Cavour Prize for Literature, the Herodotus Historical Fiction Award, the Inkpot Award for Contributions to Science Fiction and Fantasy, and many others. His novella Bubba Ho-Tep was adapted to film by Don Coscarelli, starring Bruce Campbell and Ossie Davis. His story "Incident On and Off a Mountain Road" was adapted to film for Showtime's "Masters of Horror," and he adapted his short story "Christmas with the Dead" to film hisownself. The film adaptation of his novel Cold in July was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival, and the Sundance Channel has adapted his Hap & Leonard novels for television.

He is currently co-producing several films, among them The Bottoms, based on his Edgar Award-winning novel, with Bill Paxton and Brad Wyman, and The Drive-In, with Greg Nicotero. He is Writer In Residence at Stephen F. Austin State University, and is the founder of the martial arts system Shen Chuan: Martial Science and its affiliate, Shen Chuan Family System. He is a member of both the United States and International Martial Arts Halls of Fame. He lives in Nacogdoches, Texas with his wife, dog, and two cats.

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June 26, 2024
Lueskelin opiskeluaikaan Joe R. Lansdalen rikosromaaneja ja ilmeisesti pidin niistä sen verran, että muutama edullinen pokkari oli löytänyt tiensä omaan kirjahyllyynkin. Nappasin ne mukaani lomareissulle ja tartuin ensimmäisenä "Kitkerään chilliin" (Book Studio, 2001), joka on järjestyksessään neljäs Hap & Leonard -romaani.

Lansdalen reseptiin kuuluu pussikaupalla graafista ja julmaa väkivaltaa, useampi kauhallinen humoristista sanailua ja hyppysellinen seksiä. Sisältövaroituksia voisi antaa yhdestä jos toisesta asiasta, mikäli sellaista tykkäisi harrastaa. Poliittisesti korrektia kirjallisuutta tämä ei ole.

"Kitkerää chilliä" ei ole mitään suurta kirjallisuutta, mutta omalla tavallaan ihan viihdyttävää luettavaa kuitenkin. Suurin kiitos tästä kuuluu kaiketi mainioille päähenkilöille, jotka muodostavat kiinnostavan vastaparin: Hap on valkoihoinen, heteroseksuaali ja liberaali, kun taas Leonard on musta, homo ja konservatiivi. Miesten välistä ystävyyttä kuvataan oikein mukavalla tavalla.

Jos pidit tästä, niin kokeilepa myös Carl Hiaasenia.
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